Phonological evidence from the Continental Runic inscriptions /
In using runic inscriptions as evidence for sound change, we tend to focus on the interpretation of individual texts, rather than examining the dataset as a whole. This study aims at the phonological analysis of a corpus of 90 runic inscriptions on the Continent to test claims that the phonological...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Berlin ; Boston :
Walter de Gruyter,
2012.
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Colección: | Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ;
Bd. 79. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In using runic inscriptions as evidence for sound change, we tend to focus on the interpretation of individual texts, rather than examining the dataset as a whole. This study aims at the phonological analysis of a corpus of 90 runic inscriptions on the Continent to test claims that the phonological processes which characterise Old High German and Old Saxon are at work in the 5th-7th centuries. The study presents significant challenges to existing models of these sound changes. |
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Notas: | Originallly presented as the author's thesis (doctoral thesis -- University of Nottingham) under the title "Vocalism in the Continental Runic Inscriptions", 2009. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 3110289253 9783110289251 |
ISSN: | 1866-7678 ; |